Run on Numbers: Municipal remuneration and contractor spending - falling inside the norm
By Ruan Jooste | Published Jul 23, 2023
A wide range of indicators informs municipal financial health. In 2014, National Treasury published a uniform set of financial norms and ratios for local government. Statistics SA recently published data that can be used to inform these norms. In the examples below, we explore how municipalities fare in terms of remuneration and contracted services within local government.